Comments on: About Northvale, NJ, and Autism

By: m

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:04:59 +0000

The correlation between prenatal exposure to chlorinated solvents, heavy metals and autism has been scientifically made in both San Francisco and Texas.

And yet, of course, the typical public response (demonstrated by the comments on this blog) are sheer coybow Assholism, as we’ve seen with the public response to global warming, and other environmental issues the public would prefer to remain in denial about.

By: Epidemiology Bass-Ackwards « Andrea’s Buzzing About:

Epidemiology Bass-Ackwards « Andrea’s Buzzing About: — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:23:47 +0000

[...] her Autism Vox blog, Kristina Chew PhD points out that Bergen County, where the school is located, is one such area. The biotic and abiotic factors of the area don’t necessarily cause the higher incidence [...]

By: Brains and Genes, Vaccine Court, Mercury, Myths, Fights (or Feuds), A Good Book: What I Did in June

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:42:17 +0000

[...] I was sitting here in New Jersey (not near Northvale, but just up the hill from the New Jersey State Auto Auction on Sip Avenue off of Route 1 & 9, [...]

By: Things To Wonder About (no survey needed)

Things To Wonder About (no survey needed) — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:24:09 +0000

[...] survey—is in Essex County—not Bergen County, where the now somewhat infamous borough of Northvale is [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:01:11 +0000

I know mothers who have had their fillings removed—-some even if they are not planning to have more children.

By: Club 166

Club 166 — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:18:16 +0000

Kirby makes wild speculations about pharmaceutical companies and a mercury switch company in the area as the source of the contamination that has caused the “autism in room 5″.

Of course what is missing are any reports of even higher rates of autism at the source of the contamination (in workers at these companies).

A commentor on that article blamed mercury from fillings. And what’s missing there is an increase in autism in offspring of dentists or dental assisstants.

Joe